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RetroforceGO! episode 67: Retro heroines photo

Happy Friday, listeners. This week, we talked about our favorite ladies of gaming; a conversation which, as would be expected, descended into childish babbling about boobs. But you guys like boobs, right? Highlights other than boobs include:

  • A preview of the new Xbox Live Experience
  • Samus = Charles S. Dutton
  • 8-bit, when women were women
  • Chun-Li & Jade = The happy medium
  • Girls are better fighters. Period. (no pun intended)
  • Tingle inexplicably becomes a topic of discussion
  • Doouunggg!
  • <3 Yorda <3
  • Behold my purple bulge
You know, if you subscribe to us on iTunes you can get the show way early and listen to it long before it's posted on the site. That's pretty cool. Otherwise, you can check out the new episode right here.







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Stella Wong's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 13:48
Stella Wong
I didn't talk about Valis!! :(
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 13:51
Topher Cantler
I know, I forgot too.
Pacopaco's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 13:58
Pacopaco
Celes from FFVI has always been a favorite of mine. Female characters with class that don't use blatant sex appeal and sassy attitudes as a crutch have always been in short order.
Demtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 13:58
Demtor
Boobs! Haha, this will be an interesting show to listen to while I smash faces tonight on Warhammer. Thanks for making my Friday even better guys :D
nademagnet's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 14:06
nademagnet
Chad could use "Rad Bone Cello" for his new name...
Mikey's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 14:06
Mikey
Retroforce Go.... how I have missed thee.
craineum's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 14:17
craineum
Happy Happy Joy Joy :)
Cube's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 14:20
Cube
dont use an ipod since they are sucky mp3 players or use itunes.

there are better MP3 options than those...
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 14:23
Tubatic
Woot! I have an ear infection, but you guys are SO worth it!
Krow's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 14:30
Krow
Other than the fact that Princess Peach is a cock teasing bitch, and Rosalina(?) listens to Linkin Park on extra loud, what does RetroforceGO! hate about Daisy?

Nevermind, that question doesn't make any sense.

YAY RETROFORCE!
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 14:31
Tubatic
lol retromazing news!? That dude's Asteroids high score still hasn't been beaten. Dude's like 35 now, and no body has beaten his high score!

We'll have to give you retro 'mazing news, guys. We can handle it!
Jesse Cortez's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 14:36
Jesse Cortez
Yay! Downloading now! <3
Krow's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 14:44
Krow
Woah, this isn't the questions section!
Prince Ghidorah's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 14:53
Prince Ghidorah
Do you mention Alis from Phantasy Star I??? She was quite the groundbreaking retro RPG heroine...
I will listen to find out.
Tristero's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 15:13
Tristero
No on Prop 8! Wait, did you guys get it overturned? Hooray!
jackal27's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 15:13
jackal27
The 8-bit days were also when men were men... Or robots, hahaha.
Chad Concelmo's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 15:25
Chad Concelmo
@Tristero,
HAHAHAHAHAHA! <3
Trace Bullet's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 15:26
Trace Bullet
Guardian Legend! That is an awesome shmup/adventure game for the NES! It's a shame you guys couldn't remember the name.
junglistgamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 15:37
junglistgamer
Hey Topher, i think i've found the greatest combination of RFGO memes known to man, the puppy-bucket. Theres a catalogue company that sells books, art supplies and random other crap at my workplace and i noticed they had a set of big tubs covered in pictures of puppies (and kittens - bonus!). I'll try and get a picture of it but i'm worried i'll look like a complete psycho if anyone catches me photographing a small puppy-bucket so this may not be possible :(. Still, thought you might like to know that somewhere in the world there exists the puppy-bucket hybrid.
Dead Movie Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 17:20
Dead Movie Star
Great episode as usual you crazy kooks.
junglistgamer's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 17:28
junglistgamer
No mention of Ant Attack on the ZX spectrum!, you chose between a guy and girl and there was no difference whatsoever between their abilities. Pixelated feminist goodness.
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 17:58
RAB
I totally and legitimately got a boner when Chad mentioned Sarah Kerrigan. I didn't think anyone would, simply because Starcraft isn't necessarily "retro".
But I guess it does qualify as Neo-Retro because of the era.

<333333

i fuckin love you chad you little scamp
Fishstick's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 17:58
Fishstick
Sad I can't sell mo' There you go, Chad.
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 18:02
RAB
OH and CHAD! Ever since I first played Bully, that arcade game you play in game called CONSUMO always made me think of you.
no homo

gatorsax2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 18:06
gatorsax2010
Topher: Bobby's World.

That is all.
Sterling Aiayla Lyons's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 19:53
Sterling Aiayla Lyons
Man, this episode jumped outta retro more than a few times.

This topic seems like it could be re-visited again from a different angle for an entirely different discussion.

Also, THANK YOU CHAD FOR REPRESENTIN' TEH PC SIDE!
Cube's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 19:54
Cube
The lack of talk about popful mail about one of the only female heros that sucks at her job as a bounty hunter was sad.





she is the anti Samus



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGt8dnr09Lw
Cube's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 20:07
Cube
And anybody who watches that video has a 99.0% chance of falling in love with popful mail.
Cube's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 20:12
Cube
I also forgot about keio diggin through my sega CD/tg16 cd stack.


Keio wears bunny ears and rides a dragon.






and Cotton for PC engine.


[img]https://moeroshop.net/bmz_cache/5/5dfdcd2ec60889c29af3666248fb8153.image.225x200.jpg[/img]
Rusty Ghia's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 20:20
Rusty Ghia
Retro Gamer is an awesome British magazine. My brother imports some every now and then, and they're a great trip down memory lane.

Also, what the hell is that ringing/tinkling in the background?
SWE3tMadness's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 20:34
SWE3tMadness
The Retro-mazing news intro will NEVER stop being funny. I feel sorry for my roommate, because I keep laughing so hard listening to these podcasts. xD
megatron0016's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 21:18
megatron0016
in regards to females characters retro or otherwise, standouts that come to mind are a couple from future tactics from the gamecube, ps2, and xbox merit a mention. pepper was awesome and was not it wasnt driven into your head that she's a female character. and also on the subject of pregnancy in video games future tactics already tackled that one to from conception to delivery. thankfully it's not a game mechanic except in the one instance where she is delivering the child and you have to protect the spot where they set up camp so she could deliver the baby.
TheDirtyHobo's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/14/2008 23:40
TheDirtyHobo
"they might as well have had her giving birth and not voting"

Holy fucking shit, I seriously shot my drink out of my nostrils. Cherry Limeade has never been so painful.
Infinitys End's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2008 09:29
Infinitys End
This one's for you, Colette:
http://fc64.deviantart.com/fs7/i/2005/178/2/b/Squall_by_DW3Girl.jpg
MatCD's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2008 09:50
MatCD
You know, Podcastle talked about game that featured a girl avoiding getting raped.

http://www.podtoid.com/podcastle/2008/10/05/the-podcastle-episode-20-podcastle-live-ii/
53:55

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunting_Ground
Demtor's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/15/2008 11:45
Demtor
For the love of god, someone turn Tophers mic up. You can hardly hear him! Then if you turn your own volume up to listen to the man, the next second you get blasted by everyone else. Its very jarring. Please fix, I love you guys... please, help a brother out.
mikeyed's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2008 14:50
mikeyed
I also get the Bobby's World reference. You are not alone.
mikeyed's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2008 14:59
mikeyed
Resident Evil characters are all kind of like GI Joe characters in my mind.
Puppy Licks's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2008 22:23
Puppy Licks
Guardian LEGEND! Not Guardian Heroes :P
I still love you guys :D

Haha I'm actually putting serious thought into a name change now, is it actually possible to do so?
Zepfhyr's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2008 22:53
Zepfhyr
Two things:

A) Princess Peach wears her dress everywhere because the Mushroom Kingdom is a Victorian-era alterniverse with steampunk elements. For further examples supporting this theory, see the Koopa airships plethora of castles.

B) Zelda always struck me as a great leading role waiting to happen. Especially as Sheik and when using her bow & arrow. Plus, she has access to magic, as well. It would obviously be a different kind of game than the rest, but I bet it could be pretty awesome. Perhaps a return to the Zelda II side-scrolling style, but with beat-em-up leanings.
Puppy Licks's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/16/2008 22:59
Puppy Licks
zephyrstarfields: Holy shit I never thought of SMB as steampunk before, but it all makes sense... you just blew my mind!
opeth2112's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2008 09:31
opeth2112
decent questions pre-empted by another F, Marry, Kill? that's just all kinds of lame.
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